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The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
The Cattle a.rk~s,

Advices from Chicago state that the
cattle market there is strong and has
advanced several notches. Receipts
have fallen away on and anything that
the Eastern trade cares to touch sells
readily nt M advance for the week at
anywhere from asa35e; in fact some
statesmen claim to have sold cattle at an
advance Of 40a5Oc. The quality Of Of
fcrings is pretty pnor. A few 6roves
of nstuT~ti AMI wcll-hnished steerS are
seen each day, but common 10 fair sorts
make up the major part Of the supplies.
The demand both from dresse,i-t
men AMI for cattle 10 go forward on the
hoof is considerably better than Is often
seen nj this particular stage 81 the sea-
son. Buyers realize that prices are
very low and that the advance cannot
be STAYED of much longer. II this
bulge does no, call out = big rush Of
stock the outlook is good for steady
appreciation In values. but sellers have
been fooled so many times In their cx-
pectaii0n, about receipts that they
don't much care 10 make predictions on
that subject. Everybody, however, Is
looking ior higher prices.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
peu.. OF Issbs~, Manning.

Last Saturday dD4ernoon in Albany,
New York. in the pfesenee OF his fam
lily Daniel Manaaag quietly passed
away after very brirf Illness. The
funeral took place - Tuesday.
MIR. Manning ~ bora in Albany in
August. 1891. and AL early age he
began life Us u in,er in the Office
OF the Albany gus. He advanced
from that positIc sueces,iyely hliing
the places Of fddopan of composing
room, manager u mechanical depart
ment, reporter oesDegislative proceed
ings, associate edlsg. and in 1873 be-
came edi,or-in-eh1Qe Of tina, journal.
This position bros - him into close re,
lations with promisout Democratic pol.
iticians in that Hnts. Becoming pos.
sessed Of some prqIsrty, in issa he b-.
came president q The National Com
mercial bank In hts oaiiyr city. Prom
insnt In politics, II pss for years chair.
man of the Dsusrt,l'e State con'p'.-
tee. and MAS credhaH with controlling
his State dsi-gatios in the national con-
yentions Of 1870 and issi. Upon the
accession OF 81. Cleveland Ia tbs Pres
idency, he ~s~ appointed 10 the Secr-'
taryship Of the Treasury, which posi-
ton lie held tws years, but resigned on
account Of failing health.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
Cleveland .~s rrc. Trade.

In a recent interview Senator Vor-
hccs expressed himself in the following
language: II have been on the finance
committee Of the Senate for over ten
years and have recently been over the
whole subject at least once in commit
tee. In making the reduction which
must be made. 1 would at the same
time have an eye 10 the labor interests
aud protect them from competition with
cheaply paid labor. l stand solidly.
with both feet. on the Chicago Demo-
cratic platform of 1881. and l don't re-
gard Cleveland rs departing from ii Mt
all. All this talk about free trade be-
ing embraced in his message is nom
sense or malicious par;izanship. y
great many people use the term free
trade without knowing or caring what
it means. Free trade means no tariff
tax. 1t means the abandonment of
custom houses aud a resort 10 taxation
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

girls tells us the bath Is ready. We un-
dressed and put on n role. a girl
shows us To the bathroom. II Is down
stairs. and has only AN open Japanese
screen 10 shut of the gaze Of the hab,
itnes of the house. The tub is round
wooden vat about four feet deep. You
put your foot in TO try the temperature.
The foot at once takes the hue OF u
boiled lobster. You nearly shrek. The
girl laughs and empties n pail OF cold
water in. You then wait for her Ia 20
out. She does not bulge. You can't,
Ia Save you, think OF Japanese enough
to tell her To cit. Finally, by . lot of
awkward signs. you get her beyond the
screen. But not an inch farther. There
she stands and waits, as innocently as
did good old Eve when Adam poured
into her willing Ears his first declara-
ton oi uni, ing affection. Their. are
things that Try men, souls and call for
heroic courage. One can scale the
1r'n,iinx wall. can march into 'hn
mouth Of . hot-throAtrd canon, car,
mount tuc NAHUM WIN bitV UtihtHk aA'
4listening In thc sun. can tell the girl
lie loves how h- Nonld Nin and we'd
her, can make maiden speech In the
House of Representatives. But these
ar. easy tasks compared la that ~ get
ting into a hot bath With . pretty Jap
anc,e girl ia,kinH Al Yon through n mt
tan scr.en-as much sang iroid ~ II
she WAS seeing . er-mOnihs old baby
stripped OF It's ii,tl. flannel shirt. Fin
ally patience gives out, You drop your
ro.- and jump In. You feel much As
did the r"r japanese martyrs when, u
few hundred years ago. the h-a,h.n
wic'ci,.s ioilrt them into grease. You
forget the siri and everything el,~. and
jump ont thoroughly clothed; (; l. e., In a
scarlet skin. All. ihcsr are things
which Try mems souls.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
OsAsssssx Cattle.

Nr. Jane, Kennedy. n runchman Of
a.,for creek. WAS In Gunnison City fur
few days last week purchasing his
winter supplies. While In conversation
with Nc~s-Drmocrat reporter. lie cs-
planned mctbol for dchorning cattle
which. he believes. will eventually come
into practice over the entire western
country. lie takes every calf before II
/. two weeks old and applies n tc'i.ho,
iron 10 tho head on the exact spot
where tho horns would grow. hut u
slight touch is necessary. and this opcr-
alton will csTcciually prevent the growth
Of the horns. The animal Is subjected
To no more pain than while branding 1t.
aud rs rule he puts his brand Oh the
calf nj the time Of performing this de.
hcrning operation. When asked his
motives for dcborning the animal, and
hornlcss cattle, he named the following
reasons: In the hrs; place. the cattle
OF this section arc fed on an average
about three months In the year. and
then they are usually KEEP, In small
corral or field. When hay Is thrown
into the corral the cattle will make n
rush for 1t. and often fight a..l epsnc
and the animals will hurt each other
with their horns. Then all cattle,
steers. cows and bulls. will fatten more
readily when dcbornrd. and they invar.
iably present n slickcr appearance.
Range riders are not subjected to as
much danger Of being hurt by wild an
imals, and their horses will not bc
hooked and horned by infuriated bulls.
But the greatest advantage Of hornlcss
cattle is In shipment. At least two
more steers can lie placed in each car.
and thus tho aggregate freight charges
will he considerably lessened and the
animals will reach their destination
withou; scratches or bruises. inflicted
by the horns during the period OF trans
portation. Mr.. Kennedy now has .
herd numbering forty-seven Of these
hornlcss cattle. and his experience may
prove Of value to other ranchmen in
this section.-Ncws.D Democrat.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
ss0e 81 shs Asasssvs.

senator Hear looks like Greeley. only
with ha long struggling blond
h-ard. his tall frame aud his neIlis.
hair. n tie ebusit-ifeii rf..~nimcUi II
tncI~ sam. aaSo that lis bf-eci,~s are
no, made a IL. American fAS. ncv are
they fastened dn~n us-a hs patent
leather issts b., ssIays. s-natoS John
w. Daniel haA ii.r fa.~ ~ Edwin Both.
sayc that tie ,as~ 10 u.a- larger and
The forsh~sd lsn.si.r. His hair Is
brown. a'ri his eyes ere gray. Senator
Joe i!to~n Looks lac Jewish patriarch
~ tie typical Mormon. bu, hi. words
shos him u t~ neither. lie ~ np to
ih- times. n'ri his era, head /, full Of
practical biaihs.
Cullom has often iren compared with
Abraham Lincoln. and he is fully a, tall
ard nearly ~ angular. His re-tm.
sA.... s.--..s.. ..s...-s s.tssss ss- go.
Ar,eri.t,c gesture AMI expression. ans
-rm- II the stories he tell. "a. fnrl'
those II Old Atv. Senator Cush uast'
icos, iik- Ii-n it'tis'. and the tn" have
t- u taken for one another Srsaioi
Dolph. of Oregon. with his long sable.
silver heard. Would make q splendid
representative % Iismic,'s father. and
SSnstIe S-orss, E'imuni- oolli IN k-
hts fortune d. sitting ~ n mosici 10
pain,-rs fos picture. ~ -. jerome
Frank 4. Carpenter.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
p.., m.,,.,- ,n .rr..,.."

Congressman Mason Of Chicago will
introduce the following resolution In III.
House. r.laiiy. Ia the many trusts"
which nr. spfinging up:
Whereas, som. OF III. n.ccS>afic, OF
life. particularly coal ami sugar. are
placed nj an unrcasonabl. pric. by
what are known as trusts and
Whereas, Such trusts or combina.
,ions arc ,!,li 10 L. taking advantage Of
our ,aiiN laws, which AT, intended Tor
protection TO the isiot-rs ami manu-
factur-is, and giving .fi-c; Ia such
lo L. given by the same therefore. L. II
Resolved. That the Judiciary Com
milt-- II tho House L.. directed To in
v->,igair and d-,.rinin.
Firt-whAi EFFECT said trusts" have
up1n the price II the n.-rs,afi-s ~ life,
and whether the same afc prrjudicisi 10
tho interests of the people nnd
S~cond-what STEPS. II any. are ne
cesar, for desired relief and Ia r-io't
the same ". early ~ y,t.,ibl- 'o this
ss...-s. ", tat ..r s.ss.-.s~,--
Si~akin. uf his pufI-s,- Nt. Mason
said: The resolution which I have
prepared fot introduction i, aimed par
ticniasl, u; the coal and sugar trusts
for several REASONS. Flint, because .-y
are articles tia, form par; of the ncccs.
sarics of life; and. seoond. they are
both protected by our protective iafin
system. am decided, in favor IL =
high protective tariff. but there ough,
10 lie some way to prevent s.ndicai~-
and trusts from pcr,rr,in: our 'arifI
laws from the jcfcns. Of the iaiorinc
and manufacturing class into an as.is.
iani to monopoly. In Chicago man u
he can buy his coal In August, M a
rule. can buy II u, less than 81 u ton de.
livcrci In his cellar. Then. after that
class Is supplied. the men who control
the trade fix. arbitrarily. the price II
coal at - or 0prr cent. higher rates.
which affects the class Of people least
able 10 stand it,
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
Amee9 shs Pss,issss.

EvW sinee the s'nsxin. match be-
tween Jake kilrain. II Baltimore, and
Jcm Smith. Of England, challenges
have been sent 60 both the comba'ants,
among them being one from Sullivan
for $500 \ side. Richard X. Fox
claims for kilrain the championship "f
I'll. world. and viii hack him for $500
h tlO@D. As their Last light Was de-
clarcd = draw. kilrain wants another
sct-,o with Smith before he accepts ANY
challenge. II Smith refuses he viii
claim the championship and then u
6ght with Sullivan will likely take
place.
AT San Francisco on the night OF the
9th inst. Paddy Ryan and Joe Me-
Anliff. fought with ihr'e-ounce gloves.
In the third rrunh E,an ~as completely
used up. and t!,,~ up the sponge.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
4 Tisseiy Kick.
wnirE RIVER. Dec %. 1857.

NV Eh, lyCS 81 ic'ss
To ia. Eiitor OF TnE HERALD:
DEAR SiR-In your issue OF Decem-
ber II. you insert an extract from the
Ute Chief in which appears complaints
respecting the unsatisfactory condition
OF the mail service on Grand river. and
without going into the merits OF such
complaints, l would merely remark that
II the settlers on the Grand are placed
in such depiosable state OF neglect
with their mail service, they are not by
themselves, for We on tho White river
are equally as badly situated. To give
you an illustration of the splendid lIl
service We have, may inform you that
letter dispatched anywhere on White
river between Ransely and Meeker on
"Wednesday or Thursday in eacl, week
for Glcnwood Springs. after arriving In
Mccker on Thursday evening remains
in Meeker until tie following Monday
morning. Any answer tn this letter
cannot. NJ present, In received In
sieeker before q O'Clock on Tuesday OF
the week following, which is the day
after the dispatch of the Rangely mail.
This little bit Of arrangement entails
another delay until the Monday follow
ing-makiDg nineteen days In all Ia
send letter aud receive reply to and
from point not more than sixty or
seventy miles away; and, liz II remem-
bered. uiis point Is tina focus OF the ma
jority Of our correspondence In connec.
ton with the land Office. Law courts and
now our nearest railroad depot.
White river contains some OF the
fines, ranches In the comfy, owned by
many Of our influential and wealthy
settlers whose take, amount To no mean
figure. and vet the foregoing ilinsira.
lion Is sample of ihe abrminable ac-
commoiaiion afforded this district.
\ community that will quietly
acluirsc In such u fearful state OF neg
i.ci must either b- lacking In CONNER.
cial enterprise md activity or have
little use for mail service Of any Kind
whatever.
Our M-ck-r City Council have. un-
icr,tand. been -nd-ayoting 10 secure n
more frequent service Ia .lenweoi. and
their pfaisr~or,iiy effort, To secure fnr
si.ckcr place in the front ranks oi
civilization which II. standing demands.
will. | trust, not go long unreeosnis-i.
II Is said that "soi helps them who
help themselves. and II is n wcll'known
fact that government, tcd-tapcism often
trtards public b-nciiciai matters. ,r, II
Is possible by u constant reminder and
Trgcing nj our grievances they Will. l
believe. br eventually rcmcdied.
An extended service will necessarily
enforce considerably more work on Our
anic Postmaster Houston n; Mcckcr.
but ain ronyinrr.i that La all With
TITS usna' = 49,. =. IN ivsi'.s. tho IA
trses,s of tho public nj large give the
movement every assistance In hi,
power. Believe inc, truly yours.
A viC1tM.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
N,.,,. 81 s.i.., r.,.s.r.

A d.plofablc accident happened nj
Aspen on the III inst, whereof, Charles
Il. Gordon was nearly instantly killed.
Together with Joseph Parry the victim
was nj work on lease for some time
past. and the two resided In cabin In
Aspen. On coming from work for din.
ncr on the day mentioned Gordon pro.
cccdcd 10 put i've sticks OF giant into
the oven 81 the stove. while Parry sat
down In front 10 warm himself In a
moment there was \ terrible explosion.
the stove was completely demolished
aud the room was wreck. the end hc-
ing blown out and the roof blown away.
Gordon Wa. found lying upon the Goor
In q terrible condition. One side Of his
head was crushed in. from which the
brains were oozing out. and nearly
every bone In his body broken. lie wa,
alive but = short time after the explo-
sion. Parry was also pros,ra,ed. but
more stunned than hurt. and he WAS
soon able TO tell how II happened. The
force of the explosion was terrific. as
the stove was blown away almost com
plcteiy. som. stove legs and few
pieces Of iron were all that was left to
show that a no; stove had been there.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
rh., y y, nl...l..a.a.

Congressman Frank I.awlcr Of Chi
ca.o In u man " the people. lie la,
no particular loSr fot thos. who lean
back on their dignity and brag al,ou'
III. prominence o. their ancestors, Sir
i..wicr has cliinird up To Il position II,
Congress from III, lowest rounds OF The
social ladder. lie has been u labof.r, Il
letter. carrier. u keeper Of All inilueniia
gin.mill. n ward politician. a Chicago
Alderman and n Congressman. success
lively. lie is one of the best h-aitel
men In the world and il always ready
to do Kind act TO u friend. Sir. Law
l-f recently had OCCASION Ia call on Sec
f-iary Endicott. and lie found tina;
gentleman surrounded by frozen hnlc
which displ-as.-i him. Sir. Endico,,
appeared 10 h~ Snac~hat bored by the
prrrlst-ncy II the member OF III. ic4is'
iaii,c branch of the Government, and
was mol at all di,,oscd to pas much u,
trn,ion 10 him. I.awicr stuck To him
however. and nj lt-t gained hi, point.
After that the nul,isi Secretary ihaw~'l
nut somc hat twards the Congress,
man. and proce-b-i tn give him fee
points oa the his'sy Of Massachusetts,.
especially on the Sniicntt family. lie
.poA- II the glotiS II the old colonial
days and inci'l~n slly mentioned that
his Anc-~,nrs ~.rr among the fotrmn~,
IN Massachusetts. WArmln. np Ia his
ih-m--snd ihis b. shout th- only sub.
,0 trace ts.. s-6tiy ssr~ ....s.' t~ he.
passed down ,o ~Isr' the Adams.s hrs
arose on the genealogical horizon, anc
wound mp ly A',iiS:
why. Mr.. l.awbs w- have succeeded
In tracing the biico,t family hack IL
the earliest s,a4'3os the Norman con
qucs, Of England In fact, the Endi'
colts were known before William the
Conqn-tor WAS h-asi Of
William the c'squcror the blank.
rcpli-,i Mr. i.,whr. "Drorins Tho
pas'h summer. ~tin my Legislative
dco,ics have not ben ~ pressing.
lave paid god deA of a,,in,ion To the
airly history 81 d. La~l.r family.
William the ConVrcror Why. he,
nowhere. I found TIN, the I.a~l.r- ~-t.
prominent famii, on earth even i-
forr the fio.i."
To say that Mr.. Eniico't was aston
ishe'i would scatc-iy express his feel
ings. lie almost sasrc,i 'or breath, but
at length barp, thought struck him.
MIR. 1.awi-r. said h.. with wi,hcr
Ing scorn In his ,,ic-. NJ ,uu can ifac'
the 1a~lcr, b'iorc TIE n--i. how !. II
that NO never heard anything Of the
family tn the ark -
For = moment. AMI for moment
only, the the Chicago man h-siia,cd
Then he recovered himself and Instant,
replied:
MIR. Secretary. I would have YOU ,o
understand. sir. that tic LAWYERS w-i'
u respectable family. They had yachts
aud horses AMI everything else that ea'
necessary for n gintlcm"n In the ante
diluvian days. Tie I.Rwlers. sir. had q
boat VI their own and didn't have TO 81
into the ark"
Mr. Endicott does not tell this story,
but Mr.. l.awler dra.-Ilo,ton Traveller.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Since the late election the question Of
whether Judge I'ucker VA. elected for
one or ak years has sprung mp. Under
the Interpretation " the law creating
this district as passed by the last Lcsis
lature. the Judge is confident TINT he
was elected for six years The qnes-
ton will he decided by the supreme
Court before the next general election.
and whatever their decision h. will
hold the Office of District Judge either
six or seven years. IA there will be no
trouble 10 rr-clect him next fall
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

OF States. Under such system lndi-
ana's proportion would DE s9.000,OcO or
Si0,OOO,Oo0 u year. don't think any
body wants TO Try the experiment, in
this or any other State. Cleveland is
no more free trader than ! am. He
simply wants to bring taxation within
the limits Of the governments needs,
amt the party which resists such Il prop
osition will be ground between the up
per and neither mill-stones at the next
presidential election
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
the r.vo.s.slc.scr's fsass.

"The types olp<rves Southern
Illinoi. payer npolos.,ically. made ns
allude last week Ia our esteemed towns.
man, MIR Polhemus, as a 'viliainous
loungcr.' We wrote versatile lawyer.
The error was overlooked by our proof
reader. gentleman recently from
Texas. who assures u.. in eStcnuation
q 'hc oversight. that the two terms
mean pretty much the same thing where
be came from Chicago Tribune.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

A Houston. Texas. dispatch tn tho
Denver News says careful canvass Of
the stat. causes tn. belief that Texas
will send larger delegation to the Den
yer meeting of the Range Association
than have attended an, Of the previous
meetings. The general expression
among Texas ca',lrmen IL In favor Of
the me, ting tsin1 held In March. Texas
railroads will send representative, to
tho meeting to make rates on cattle TO
Northern range points.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Tuesday night vas the co!dest ever
experienced by many ~ our citizens
the mercur, in the various hcrmomc'
tcrs Al Stesrnboa; making 20 degrees
below, n, which poin, 1t frozn solid
How much colder 1, was no one pre-
tends to say. And yc, very few are
feeding. stock on the ranges doing rs
we'll IS those that arc being fcd.-s,eam'
hnni Pilot.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
Another sc,cn,,ac Lie Nailed.

Doctors say that drinking large guam
titles of water will produce fat. To
show its absurdity look at fish. II
fairly lives in water, and why is it so
bonyp
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
The Cattle sas-r-.s. and tho TarsH.

The Colorado Springs Gazette has
lately commented on the tariff in very
able manner and among other things
says that while the tariff question is
mp for discussion. our cat,lemcn ought
10 take u hand. For the past two Years
the cattlemen have lust far NOR" than
the shcepmen. The cattle industry has
more than ten times the capital invested
than the sheep industry has. For the
fiscal year ending June 30,h. 1857. the
value OF the imported raw wool was
SI6.35l .370. and of hides and skins s2i.-
225,776 n there was duty on hides
and skins. so that our cattlcmen could
raise the price of hides third. the husi-
ness would pay much better. The cat
tlemen are entitled To this protection
under our present system"
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Isahorc Pierre II Boulder. shot his
wife twice on the 9i,h. inf'ic'ing pain.
iul bu, not fatal wounds. He then
placed the revolver TO III. rish, side of
his head AMI tired. Tho ball entered
jus; l-h,ni and above III. enf, killing
him Instantly. J.aluu.ly WIS the cause.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Billy Meyer. the Republican candidate
for Governor las, year. Was elected
Count, Commissioner. Al the last elrc-
tion. fur his county. There IL probably
s'-,uI e. much MN, IN nn- "f'ir'' aS
the other. but the hnnnFs don't slack NJ
quite 10 high Rico Record.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Texas pagers generally report the
range conditions in the western part 81
III. stat. unn-nall, satisfactory. The
gTes, S,akcd Plains arc especially we'll
set In efass at all times. nut this fall
there Is water in the lakes everywhere
and the country is said to he regular
paradise for cattlc.-Cheyenno Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

The Rural World says god horses af.
In demand In the ST Louis market,
~h,lr rrn srs!-s ard scrub stock are n
drug IN III. market and hardly ..iahl-
q; any price. Tn the Other hand god
horses arc In sf-a, demand at gorj
prices all the timr.
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31

Iuarrisonss nnth In Japan.

A japanese correspondent of the Chi
cago Mail has the following to say
among other things. Then ono OF the
The Meeker herald., 1887-12-31
J.w.H HU6UE. n. MAJOR.
J. w. Hugus e. Co.,
BANKERS,
AHYKER, COLORADO.

Transact = General banking business.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In
tsr-st allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts
drawn on Eastern Cities and Europe.
Correspondents, kounts1 liros-, New York;
virt National Hank, Omaha: Colorado
National Hank. Denver; }. W. Iiusu. 4 Co.
Ra~linA Wyo.
Sstisesiss. Fsssspsiy AssssA~A Co.